Life Lesson: Taking life for granted Live everyday like it is your last because you never know when it can be taken. Since I was young until now, I have learned plenty of life’s lessons. Some may stick with me for only a few moments, and some will stick with me for the rest of my life. But there is one very important life lesson I learned at a very young age, this lesson was to always cherish and appreciate the things that are given to in life. This is a simple yet very important life lesson that
what it is like to be hungry all the time? Most likely, that thought doesn’t even come across most people’s minds. For others, that thought is a presence in their daily life. Some are more fortunate than others and it is how those fortunate people think that I will be focusing on. I believe that nothing should be taken for granted. When I was a little girl, I had nothing more to worry about than a scrape on my knee after falling down. Having that be the only worry in my mind on most days, I believe
Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts. He explains that the purpose and moral of his experiment is to illustrate the benefits of a simplified lifestyle. He argues that excess possessions not only require additional labor to purchase them, but also holds people back spiritually with worry and constraint. The Principles Thoreau illustrates in Walden many years ago with regards to lifestyle are similar to principles by a movement that is being seen more and more today, The “Tiny Home Movement”. The tiny house
Important Aspects of Life Taken for Granted Children nowadays are known for taking things for granted. Who would have to know that fictional children ranging from the 1970’s to the late 1980’s would too? In “Everyday Use,” by Alice Walker and in “A Pair of Tickets,” by Amy Tan, both authors explore the lack of appreciation of at least one of their main characters. Walker and Tan display different ways that the main characters take the symbolic things in their stories for granted and how both main characters
(1899-1870), argues that people need to learn to appreciate nature for its full value. She supports her claim by constantly comparing nature, and our views of it, to anything from pennies to the significance of lighting. Dillard’s purpose is to inform the reader of the fact that there is so much in nature that we don’t appreciate and take for granted in order to help the reader to understand the full beauty of the world, even the parts we don’t always get to see. She explains how every aspect of the world
my entire life in the USA, as I am sure many other students have as well. Citizenship to me then is something I have always and will always have. However, this does not mean that I take it for granted. The first article listed that many countries people are immigrating from have Third World-level conditions, and whenever I see examples of or hear about those conditions I have renewed gratitude for being born in such an amazing country. So while I do not take my citizenship for granted, I do think
Imagine a 12 year old child making an impact on this world? How amazing and cool is that!!!!!! Living in Canada, it's so easy to take things for granted, my comfortable life. Everyone is so occupied on in their lives they don't even pause and take a moment to think about whats going on around the world. The misery and pain of children just like them, working and not getting paid. But a Canadian citizen named Craig Kielburger took action and stood up for his beliefs. He wanted to create world change
C. Trip Mean to Me? The D.C. trip means many different things to many different people. The world is diverse, and so are its people and their perspective. This trip, to me, is about bonding, realizing, and appreciating. Friends can make or break a school experience. When going through those twelve-ish years of dealing with the education system, your friends can have such a large influence on how you face and approach school. On a trip like D.C. though, you can have a new experience,
everywhere, it's in our everyday life and we often take it for granted. If you were to go find some noise canceling headphones and put them on, and then walk around, it would be insanely weird. We often overlook sound because we have become a generation that is obsessed with visuals. But it has been proven time and time again that good sound means more than a good video. With that being said, I went to a couple places and closed my eyes, and really paid attention to just how much I could hear. The first
slaves were not granted freedom for many years. Slavery is inequitable and reprehensible considering that it violates human rights and freedom of every slave. Furthermore, it proceeds with various amounts of physical and mental abuse that cannot be considered as a legitimate justification of moral or spiritual regulations. We all obtain natural rights and freedom we can’t be deprived